"The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation."

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Source : Cornelius Cardew, Richard Barrett (2006). “Cornelius Cardew: A Reader”

Cornelius Cardew

#Jumping Quotes #Arbitrary Quotes #Authority Quotes

“A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.”
“The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation â€“ to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.”
“When I was 6 I became the poster child for my hospital and would go to banquets and make speeches. I did not get stage fright and I actually enjoyed talking to people of all ages.”

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“Homer excels all the inventors of other arts in this: that he has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.”
“Every woman is at heart a rake.”
“I have toured with Klemens Marktl, playing his original compositions and arrangements. He is a wonderful drummer, a writer possessing a high degree of creativity, and an assured band leader.”
“If it's a story I'm telling, then I have control over the ending... But if it's a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. You don't tell a story only to yourself. There's always someone else. Even when there is no one.”
“The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart.”

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